server setup

daltonmaag.com

## /etc/nginx/sites-available/daltonmaag.com

# create an upstream for the node server
upstream node_app {
  server 127.0.0.1:3000;
}

server {
  listen 0.0.0.0:80;
  server_name testing.daltonmaag.com testweb;
  access_log /var/log/nginx/damaweb.log;
  client_max_body_size 10M;

  location / {
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_set_header X-Nginx-Proxy true;

    # pass requests to the upstream server 
    proxy_pass http://node_app;
    proxy_redirect off;
  }
  
  # let nginx handle all static file requests
  location ~* ^.+\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|css|zip|pdf|txt|js|flv|swf|html|htm|xml|otf|ttf|eot|woff|svg)$ {
    root  /var/www/html/damaweb/public/;
    access_log off;
    expires 24h;
  }
}

mime.types

## /etc/nginx/mime-types.conf

# add these lines to /etc/nginx/mime.types so they can be added to gzip_types
application/vnd.ms-fontobject           eot;
application/x-font-ttf                  ttf;
font/opentype                           ott;
font/x-woff                             woff;

# delete any existing eot entry

nginx.conf

## /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

# gzip settings - the rest of the file can be left as default
gzip on;
gzip_disable "msie6";
gzip_vary on;
gzip_proxied any;
gzip_comp_level 6;
gzip_buffers 16 8k;
gzip_http_version 1.1;
gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml
    application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript image/svg+xml
    application/vnd.ms-fontobject application/x-font-ttf font/opentype font/x-woff;

nodejs.service

## /etc/systemd/system/nodejs.service

# systemd service file to run node.js app with forever
# https://github.com/nodejitsu/forever

# after writing the file run the following commands as root:
#   systemctl enable nodejs.service
#   systemctl start nodejs.service

# nginx should ideally be running with a systemd service too 

[Unit]
Description=node.js service
Requires=network.target
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
WorkingDirectory=/var/www/html/damaweb
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/forever start --pidFile /var/run/nodejs.pid server.js
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/forever stop server.js
PIDFile=/var/run/nodejs.pid
User=root
Group=root
Environment=NODE_ENV=production

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target